Definition
Prolative case is a case that expresses motion along or by the referent of the noun it marks.
Examples
(Finnish)
In the following examples, the suffix expresses prolative case:-tse
- Laiva kulki englannin sivuitse ‘The boat went by the coast of England.’
- Isani aina matkusti maitse ‘My father always travelled by land.’
Sources 5
- Sebeok 1946, 7, 14
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 176–177
- Merlan 1982, 57–59, 79
- Andrews, A. 1985, 92–93
- Gove 1966, 1683